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People Break Down Which Experiences Caused Them To Become Super Bitter

People Break Down Which Experiences Caused Them To Become Super Bitter

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Life is beautiful.

But life is really damn arduous.

Every day we're witness to the unfairness of it all.

That can cause some deep internal struggle.

And then that's why people change.

Sometimes for the worse.


Redditor Brianna6871 wanted to compare notes on what makes us all... over it, so they asked:

"What has caused you to become bitter?"

Becoming bitter is easy. I try to fight against it.

Loyalty is overrated...

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"Being with my company for 8 years then finding out new people that I trained make more than me."

km8907

"If it makes you feel any better, this is very common. Loyalty is overrated. The more you stay, the more they take you for granted. I also made the same mistake."

sensiferum

K.I.T

"Attempting to stay in contact with friends and then realizing they wouldn’t do the same for you once you stop."

Snowgoosey

"I agree. I used (and still do, to some extent) to have the mentality of 'don't make it into a competition, if you care about someone- contact them!'" And I did. But after 10 times of being the one initiating the conversation I just wonder if they'd bother to do the same."

"Each time they say 'I've been meaning to call you!' and they never do. And I'm talking good friends who share history together, not someone I met a month ago at the gym. I still love them of course, but this bugs me and leaves a bitter taste whenever I think of them."

Michelle_Evelyn

Hard Pills

"Expectations. I had these expectations about how life was supposed to go, how I was supposed to be. Life didn't work out that way, and I know it was my own doing by having those expectations, but I'm still bitter about it."

edgarpickle

"I find that going from 'promising and intelligent young person' to 'average middle-aged man' has been a hard pill to swallow that snuck up on me. I will say that having a young child and great partner still gives me lots of joy and hope."

GarconMeansBoyGeorge

Burned Out

"Working in healthcare."

RemoteForeign3300

"Worked a decade in healthcare, seven years in the military and three as a civilian. Every professional I ever met, from the doctor on down to the nursing assistant, was burned out and sick of seeing patients. It was amazing I stayed as long as I did."

BroScience4LYFE

"Yes, I feel like part of me changed drastically because of this. Don't get me wrong, I really like to work in a hospital but sometimes it make me lose faith in humanity."

Yeny356

Life

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"Aging and realizing that good, kind people suffer and die far more often than the sh**heads of the world."

Josephdirte

Aging is a good thing but can be sad. Who doesn't miss the past?

Nothing to do...

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"After realizing that hard work is not fairly rewarded. Someone else who is lazier and/or less competent can get something that you wanted/deserved, and there's nothing you can do about it."

kofed62181

The End

"The death of my wife."

Pitbull60usa

"I’m with you. My husband died 3 years and 4 days ago at the age of 42. It’s not just that your favourite person and best friend in the world is gone. It’s that everything you thought would be your future is gone too."

"Cancer f**king sucks."

Intelligent-Low6442

"Dude I'm so sorry I couldn't imagine. Just know she wouldn't want you to be bitter at the world. She would want you to be happy, easier said then done but do some s**t for you man maybe take a trip or something."

"Nothing will ever change the pain, but shaking life up might at least mix it up with other emotions. All the love!!"

knowledge-is-power91

The Past

"Realizing my childhood trauma left me unable to form meaningful relationships and now I have to invest a crap ton of money and time to maybe (!) achieve some sort of progress and peace. I envy the people who grew up with loving parents and have the confidence to choose good friends, partners and look at life with hope."

whatdrivesme_insane

Worse and worse...

"The unshakable hopelessness that the world is only getting worse and worse. No matter what we do to try and better ourselves financially will be met with some new corporate bullshi**ery that will knock us back down. I'm losing my motivation to keep pressing forward. I just want to retreat into my apartment and do what makes me happy until I die."

"Working on my masters in education right now, and as much as I want to teach in school, all the horror stories I see all over the place are making me wonder if this is the right choice. It really feels like I'm jumping into a bureaucratic hellhole, but I've invested this much time, money, and energy into this career that I have to see it through."

Cedrico123

Trust Fail

"My ex cheated on me. My job told me a bunch of lies to get me in the door and now I feel mistreated. Housing is a nightmare and landlords just take your application money and give the place to someone else. It feels like everybody is just out for themselves and I can’t trust what anyone says. I’m tired."

exhale358

Oh Humanity

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"People."

JimAbaddon

"The general public has gotten so much worse over the years. I really dislike having to interact."

NCBadAsp

Life can certainly get us down. Even if we try squeezing the lemons into lemonade, you tend to get some pulp in your eye.

Do you have any experiences to share? Let us know in the comments

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